Opinion: Can Zimbabwe Finally Rid Itself of ‘Mad Bob’ Mugabe?

Human Rights Watch Deputy Program Director Babatunde Olugboji on the prospects for a free and fair election. Photo: Associated Press

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I ... back to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel ... Zimbabweans today are voting in a very closely watched election ... it may seem to follow strongman Robert Mugabe after a thirty three year rule ... maybe ... human rights watch deputy program director Bob a two day ... old blue budgie ... sorry about that ... joins me now ... I this is what Mugabe told reporters yesterday and I quote ... we're not the elections for the first time we've had elections before and democratic elections ... the West might not have accepted them as democratic ... but our own people definitely know ... we've never done no cheating ... never ever end quote ... true ... that's a bit ... it can cost as the statement read undisputed that we ... because the conditions allow costs on the left along the way we are very close on them of the conditions ... of the core of the few things consider whether Wilson's role of ... the the acquitted today people there on the roads about why millions millions and and the unit was is about a mass extinction will probably stick on Takeover vs ago so that's huge sums on whether this election were afraid the wheel has enough people come up but let's just recalling well-known Mugabe said is not true meaning there hasn't been fair Lexus's above ... it's it's very difficult to talk on msn but once the elections in Zimbabwe has been free of gas in two thousand of its summer people who lost their lives ... on the call sign for the Arts which is of those cool the appetite of those vitamins that have been unreachable ... even as of now so ... how come we do with the joy in the Poste injustices someone does with ... its huge costs on ... the cause of the market with farms ... in Zimbabwe in sums of Finney Nostra steve d for golf information ... for a lesson in the movement ... of equity features are on when the then that our core mission will be given free ... rein to assemble the award ... I ended ... the call sign is that the security chiefs Essien ... you can bet he doesn't win when you know ox of the innocents which is accused of content so it takes two scenarios here if ... Mugabe wins again ... could we see ... violence in the streets protests ... there is a huge collector who ... the move puts us whether Mugabe wins or not ... the costs on whether the secrets to food so accept stronger and China along with ... the opposition leader of ... the deal was immune to the cause and give Mugabe wins without God ... if Obama doesn't win with this guy is too sweet with oxygen during its earnings without ... if the ATMs aren't ... if you go betweens with the opposition for the accent so ... there's also no use in the five days on the costs on to the beach in now and then what's is gonna happen ... when he did close on ... Friday excellent piece for you today ... it was extended by about five awesome and awesome lot to us to speak so ... quiet millions of Zimbabweans or six point four million ... there was so very hard to go to the actions we're hoping ... that is in that order France Italy we of the Zimbabwean people thus a bit of Cointreau SA team is what ... it has ... really fallen off the radar screen for countries like United States in a weak ... reading from behind here in terms of our influence on something like this about less than one ... who read I think the US could do mall in some softness in the afternoon in times of Christmas Sonics some of them who come into some of the Italian them to do mall was in love with the system was about was a prosperous in the way where people were generous with Abby ... Linn said Ed tension with Abby ... miss unemployment as mining send them on one of the moment so ninety percent minus ... eleven so ... the Zimbabweans on the happy with that I'm maybe this is that China still put us on that quoted the sequel son of a mixed in its simplest implements ... one of the wonderful to put Zimbabwe on the path to democracy and attract the most of the planes back from South Africa and I will be next in other parts of the world to watch it closely the basics of human rights by step the program